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@GamerAce3 Children cannot get pregnant. Adults can. Children cannot grow beards. Adults can. The difference between children and adults comes from nature.

"teen" is a linguistic thing that represents a mathematical thing. Nature does NOT care about our language or math.
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Heather_860 5y ago

@GamerAce3 A quirk of language made eleven and twelve different from thirTEEN.

11 could easily be Oneteen,

and 12, Twoteen.

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Heather_860 5y ago

@GamerAce3 Historical coincidence made our number system based on 10.

In a number system based on six: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, you become a teenager after 9 years.